Namier

British  

/ ˈneɪmɪə /

noun

1. Sir Lewis Bernstein , original name Ludwik Bernsztajn vel Niemirowski . 1888–1960, British historian, born in Poland: noted esp for his studies of 18th-century British politics

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Example Sentences

Yet Namier revolutionized the writing of history and became in the eyes of his British colleagues the greatest historian of the century.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just as Thucydides chose the Peloponnesian War, Namier took the 18th century as the text for all history�all his essays on the subject, some never published before, have now been collected in Crossroads of Power.

From Time Magazine Archive

Namier sifted speeches of the period, records, diaries and letters.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Namier: "Had this been written about France in June 1789, how much would it have been quoted as remarkable prophecy, and an explanation of what followed."

From Time Magazine Archive

Namier, Professor Masaryk, Dr. Beneš, V. Nosek and others will be found in the weekly review of foreign politics, the New Europe, published by Messrs. Constable & Co.,

From Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty by Nosek, Vladimír